Note 1. Joachim du Bellay—who was called by his contemporaries the French Ovid—was a kinsman of the Cardinal Du Bellay, and was born about the year 1525. Mr. Lang writes—“There is something in Du Bellay’s life, in the artistic nature checked by occupation in affairs—he was the secretary of Cardinal Du Bellay—in the regret and affection with which Rome depressed and allured him, which reminds the English reader of the thwarted career of Clough.” In his sonnet on “Venice” there is, indeed, a strange resemblance to the manner and method, the keen sparkling satire and graphic representation, which characterise so much of Clough’s poetry. His sonnet, “To Courtiers,” might also be mentioned as an example of his light yet caustic humour. His poetry was very highly esteemed by Edmund Spenser, who not only translated a number of his sonnets, but also annexed thereto some highly laudatory lines:—
“Bellay! first garland of free poesy
That France brought forth, though fruitful of brave wits,
